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Depleted uranium in Gaza
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Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:16:21 GMT

Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of
depleted uranium in some Gaza residents
wounded in Israel's ground offensive on the strip.

Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent
Akram al-Sattari that some of the victims who
have been wounded since Israel began its attacks
on the Gaza Strip on December 27 have traces of
depleted uranium in their bodies.

The report comes after Israeli tanks and troops
swept across the border into Gaza on Saturday
night, opening a ground operation after eight days
of intensive attacks by Israeli air and naval forces
on the impoverished region.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on
Sunday that the wide-ranging ground offensive
in the Gaza Strip would be "full of surprises."

A ground offensive in the densely-populated Gaza
is expected to drastically increase the death toll of
the civilian population.

The latest assaults bring the number of Palestinians
killed to over 488 with 2790 others wounded.
The UN says that about 25 percent of the casualties
were civilian deaths - including at least 34 children.

According to Israeli army officials, at least 30 of its
soldiers have been wounded since the start of the
ground campaign.

Amid global condemnation of the ongoing violence
in the region, the UN Security Council failed to agree
on a united approach to resolve the crisis.

"Once again, the world is watching in dismay the
dysfunctionality of the Security Council," UN General
Assembly chief Miguel d'Escoto said Sunday.

According to diplomatic sources, the US blocked a
Security Council resolution, with US Deputy
Ambassador Alejandro Wolff arguing that an official
statement that criticizes both Israel and Hamas
would not be helpful.

The White House has so far declined to comment on
whether an Israeli ground incursion into Gaza is a
justified measure.
by fighter_eiji | 2009-01-05 20:23 | English
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